Event : 7th Annual China Gold & Precious Metals Summit 2012

7th Annual China Gold & Precious Metals Summit 2012, co-hosted by Shanghai Gold & Jewelry Trade Association and IGVision International Corporation Shanghai and jointly endorsed by China Gold Association and Shanghai Gold Exchange, will be held in Shanghai China on December 5-7, 2012. It is China’s largest networking and information exchange platform for gold & precious metals industry. The summit has been successfully held for six consecutive years, attracting over 200 senior executives across the value chain arranging from producers, bankers, refiners, bullion dealers, capital managers to traders, brokers, jewelers, advisors and policymakers every year.

Now at its 7th anniversary, the premier event will continue to be committed to delivering exclusive information, intelligence and contacts while gathering over 200 top professionals from across the community including mining companies, commodity & mercantile exchanges, investment & bullion banks, bullion dealers, brokerage firms, refiners & fabricators, traders, fund managers, jewelers, advisors, analysts, regulators and trade associations, etc.

To discern mid- and long-term appeal and fundamental influences of precious metals amid bearish bets, the summit will provide you with a comprehensive picture of prices, market fundamentals, investor sentiment, safe-haven flows, Fed stimulus speculation, disinflationary fears and investment infrastructure development in the context of a weaker economic outlook, Europe's escalating debt mess, global monetary accommodation and a strengthening U.S. dollar. It will highlight the price trends and supply/demand outlook for gold, silver and platinum group metals, gold’s correlation with the U.S. dollar, the euro, riskier assets, safe-haven buying interest and macro stresses, the changing investor appetite in response to debt issues, the pace of the U.S. recovery and shifts in monetary policy expectations, the investment and fabrication demand for gold in China and India, China’s newly-launched silver futures contracts, the investment appeal of gold-mining shares and the challenges facing producers, and disinflationary worries in the wake of declining commodity and raw material prices.

What Will You Take Away From the Event?
Finding out where gold, silver and PGMs prices are heading amid debt mess, risk-off trade, QE expectations and the risk of a severe global economic decline
Investigating China’s economic slowdown, monetary easing to combat faltering growth and their impact on the country’s demand for gold and other more industrial precious metals
Discerning stimulus measures to boost growth from both advanced and emerging-market economies and their influences on investor appetite for fiat currencies and precious metals
Examining a slowing in the U.S. economic recovery, the spreading debt, financial and banking crisis in the euro zone and the unpredictable and variable implications for gold’s safe-haven appeal and flight-to-safety trades
Scrutinizing the extent and length of sluggish gold demand in India as a result of rupee’s weakness, the increase in import duties and a delayed and smaller-than-normal monsoon
Probing into the weakening economic and manufacturing activity out of U.S., Europe and emerging markets and the implications for industrial demand
Looking into the challenge as a combination of rising cash costs, regulatory hurdles, political uncertainty and falling prices faced by mining companies
Assessing the launch of silver futures contracts in China and its effects on the silver market
Analyzing the combined influence of global growth concern, rising scrap supply, mine disruptions, and a “risk-off” mentality on the platinum and palladium markets
Gaining access to a target audience of miners, banks, refiners, bullion dealers, brokerage firms, trading venues, traders, investors, fund managers, consultants, jewelers and regulators, etc

7th China Gold & Precious Metals Summit 2012 is a must choice for decision makers to acquire in-depth insights into the impact and strategy as well as to understand the opportunities and challenges within China’s precious metals markets.

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